Quilting-frame.



W. D. KELLY.

QUILTING FRAME.

APPLICATION minus. s, 1915.

1 %.,7, Patented Oct. 24,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- W. D. KELLY.

QUILTING FRAME. APPLICATION FILED FEB- 8. I916.

LEQQJMU. Patented Oct. 24,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WILLIAM DANIEL KELLY, OF HODGEN, OKLAHOMA.

QUILTING-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 2st, 1'916.

Application filed February 8, 1916. Serial No. 77,024.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hodgen, in the county of Le Flore and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilting- Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrlption of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertams to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements 1n quilting frames.

The object of the present invention is to improve, the construction of quilting frames and to provide a simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive quilting frame adapted to be easily constructedand capable of use in connection with an ordinary sewing machine of enabling the material to be quilted to be readily applied to a pair of rollers and easily and quickly arranged in proper position on a sewing machine, beneath the presser foot thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a quilting frame of this character adapted to enable a maximum amount of work to be performed in a minimum amount of time and equipped with guiding means capable of also maintaining the end bars of the quilting frame in proper position with relation to the journals of the rollers and of also permitting the rollers to be easily placed in and removed from the end bars.

With these and other objects in v1ew the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a quilting frame constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4- is a detail sectional view on the line H of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a detail view of the end of the cable.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the aecornpanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the quilting frame comprises in its construction a pair of longitudinally disposed rollers 1 of any preferred size and length provided with reduced terminal portions or journals 2 which are detachably arranged in suitable bearings of spaced end bars 4 and 5 and adapted to be readily separated therefrom to permit the rollers to be detached for rolling on them the material to be quilted. The end bars 4 and 5 which may be of any desired size are provided with central perforations 6 arranged in pairs and extending horizontally through the end bars and adapted to receive a flexible guide 7 consisting of a stout cord or piece of other suitable flexible material which is doubled and passed through the perforation of one of the end bars and extends across the space between the end bars in parallelism with the rollers centrally of the space between the same and has its terminals passed through the perforations of the other end bar and tied or otherwise secured exteriorly of the same. By this construction, the rollers are securely retained in the bearing openings of the end bars 4: and 5. The rollers are provided with ratchet wheels 9 located adjacent to the end bar 5 which is equipped with pawls 10 engaging the ratchet wheels and adapted to hold the rollers against rotation in one direction whereby the material to be quilted will be maintained at the proper tension.

The end bars are provided at their terminals with upper perforations 12 into which are linked flexible loops 13 which engage similar perforations 14 of end hangers 15. The end hangers 15 which are preferably tapered upwardly as shown are provided with bifurcated upper ends 16 in which are arranged grooved wheels 17 mounted on removable pins 18 which enable the hangers to be readily connected with and disconnected from a longitudinal cable 19. The flexible loops 18 form a flexible connection between each end of the end bars and the hangers which will be found exceedingly advantageous in manipulating the quilting frame on a sewing machine. The cable 19 which may consist of wire, rope or any other suitable material, extends longitudinally of a cable carrying frame comprising a top bar 20 and inclined supporting standards 21 which are oppositely inclined as clearly shown in Fig 3 of the drawings.

The top bar is preferably composed of two sections connected together at their adjacent ends by a hinge 22 to enable the same to be folded and the cable 19 is secured at one end to one end of the frame by an eye bolt 23 and it passes through a suitable guide 2st located at the other end of the frame and consisting of an eye bolt or any other suitable means. The free end of the cable is provided with a plurality of loops 25 adapted to engage a projection 26 carried by one of the legs or standards of the cable supporting frame but any other suitable means may of course be employed for adjust-ably securing the cable to the supporting frame and instead of supporting the cable by such a frame, the ends of the cable may be attached to any other suitable supporting means such as a door frame or casing.

After the quilt or material to be quilted is arranged on the rollers and the supporting cable tightened or stretched to support the rollers in the desired elevation, the material may be readily introduced beneath the presser foot of a sewing machine by loosening the flexible guide 7 and after the quilt ing frame has been arranged in proper position with relation to the sewing machine the flexible connections and the longitudinal supporting cable will enable the quilting frame to be moved longitudinally and to swing laterally for guiding the work in the quilting operation. Also as the quilting is done on a machine it will be clear that owing to the flexible character of the connections between the end pieces and the hangers, the said work may be rapidly performed with a minimum amount of labor.

lVhat is claimed is A quilting frame including longitudinal rollers, transverse end pieces provided with openings receiving the rollers and having perforations arranged in pairs and located opposite the space between the rollers, and a guide consisting of a flexible connection doubled and passed through the said perforations and secured exteriorly of one of the end pieces and supporting means con nected with the end pieces.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM DANIEL KELLY.

Witnesses J. O. CAUGHERN, E. N. FAIR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. G. 

